Current NHS/university posts, whether full/part time, and starting year:

Consultant ophthalmologist (corneal and external disease service) at Moorfields (maximum part-time) since 1989Honorary reader in ophthalmology, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, since 2008

Other professional achievements:

Additional appointments:Deputy director of research at Moorfields Eye Hospital since December 2000Chairman of the infection control committee since 1997Member, drugs and therapeutics committee since 2004

Research interests:

John has active programmes of research into ocular infections (principally keratitis) and inflammatory diseases of the anterior segment (particularly mucous membrane pemphigoid and allergic eye disease). These studies utilize epidemiological, clinical and laboratory techniques and I currently have a research optometrist and a PhD student in my research group working in these fields.In addition, he supervises clinical research into corneal transplant surgery and ocular surface disease with several of the junior staff and colleagues at Moorfields and with other collaborators.More than 200 publications (150 peer reviewed) including 18 chapters and one book have resulted from this work

Languages spoken:

English

Any other personal interests/background information that may be relevant:

Married with three children. First degree was in Zoology (Christ Church, Oxford University 1971). Doctorate (Doctor of Medicine) was from Oxford University in 1992.